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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme

2017 to 2018 screening service specifications: the main changes

...of screening new links to promotion of vaccinations in pregnancy and reporting viral rash reinforcing the importance of sexual health awareness and protection in pregnancy follow-up of women who miscarry...

Updated templates for antenatal and newborn KPI data collection

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...in December when we collect the Q1 FA2 data. When submitting KPI data Please make sure to: sense check your data complete the ‘submitted by’ information make sure the data...

Checks and audits to improve quality and reduce risks in sickle cell and thalassaemia screening

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...find out if they’re at risk of having a baby with sickle cell disease or thalassaemia major, which are serious inherited blood conditions. This gives parents time to consider the...

A failsafe officer is for life, not just for Christmas

...wholeheartedly. So, with a new job description, personal specification and banding completed, we went out to advert. This was a success and attracted more than 50 applicants. We knew we’d...

Getting out and about to make sense of antenatal screening data collection

Our 3 antenatal screening programmes have joined forces with the national Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) team to hold 8 regional workshops during 2017.

Can you help us make our sickle cell and thalassaemia ‘at risk’ leaflets better?

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...deadline for responding is Monday 27 March. Thank you for helping us and we look forward to reading your comments. PHE Screening blog PHE Screening BLOG articles provide up to...